8.27.2007

I am sorry for the blue language, but this woman is doing more to undermine feminism than every episode of Ally McBeal combined. Good fucking Christ on the Cross.

It's not enough that she writes pointless drivel about women not being able to handle their own sexuality. Her stupid hypothesis that women can't handle the pressures of being equal with men in the workplace while simultaneously having sexual relationships is already a low fucking blow. The fact that its intellectually dishonest I can handle. It makes her ideas that much easier to ignore. But why won't she fucking quit?

LSS wrote an article for Cosmo about something she, or maybe some editor, has coined "gray rape." Gray rape is when you're really drunk and you say "no," but it doesn't really matter since you're so fucking wasted.

Gray rape? I don't know. THAT SOUNDS AN AWFUL LIKE "RAPE RAPE" TO ME. HOW CAN A FUCKING WOMAN, OR A FUCKING HUMAN BEING FOR THAT MATTER, ACT LIKE THERE IS SOME GRAY AREA IN THE WORD "NO"!?!?!?!?

LSS used to amuse me. Her stupid "the kids aren't alright" alarmist bullshit stories were asinine as Hell, but, come on, we all got our kicks from them. But her invention of the term "gray rape" is so fucking disgusting that I as soon as I read this, the first thing I did was jump over to Blogger so I could freak out over the Internet. I mean, there were like a dozen Metro fires yesterday, and I honestly couldn't give a shit. So, thank you, LSS for making me tolerate the city a little bit more. I can tolerate everything right now except for you and your bullshit and your disrespect towards women.

Women can fuck around without becoming emotional wrecks. Women can handle grad school, boyfriends, vacations in Greece*, teabagging* and whatever without becoming wrecks. Hell, they can even hook up with boys and still get good grades and still have fulfilling lives.AND THEY CAN SAY "NO" AND HAVE IT MEAN "NO" WITHOUT SOME JUDAS CUNT TRYING TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS THEIR FAULT FOR DRINKING TOO MUCH.

Seriously, Fuck You, LSS. FUCK YOU.

*Two specific examples from her book. And yes I still have my autogrpahed copy.**And a hat tip to Becky for sending me the Jezebel link. I just noticed a few readers e-mailed me the same link. Thanks to all of you for not letting me mmiss this bullshit.***Third edit is so I can type "Laura Sessions Stepp" out so she'll read this if she Googles herself.

Um, yeah, that's just plain ol' RAPE. Shit, call it date rape if you must, but it's still RAPE.

If you are too drunk to consent and you say YES and regret it later, maybe, possibly, you could call THAT gray rape. Sex that would not have occurred if you were sober enough to give consent...in some sense, maybe, it's rape, especially if your "partner" knows he is taking advantage of the situation.

No matter how drunk you are, if you say NO, even if you pass out, it's still rape.

Um, wouldn't that be when a woman says "yes," but isn't in a state in which she able to give consent? Maybe it's legally just plain ol' intercourse, but, ethically, any sane male knows for a fact that she has no clue what's going on.

how about "ambiguous rape" or "necro-feel-ya" or "questionable penetration" (i think i like that one the best; it's suggestively vague) i wouldn't worry too much. it seems very likely to me that any woman who is a repeat "victim" of this phenomenon is looking for an excuse to be promiscuous without accepting responsibility for her actions. saying yes because one is drunk and regretting it later is an unfortunate burden of the drunkee. nobody accidentally frequents a scum-filled dive. that said, if she can't give a well-enunciated "yes" i'd call it rape. it also seems to me that your little LSS is attempting to obtain sexual superiority over these younger more desireable women by establishing an accepted view on the nature of their sexual behavior [be it accurate or bullshit] probably to satisfy some deep-seated insecurity about her inability to compete with college girls any longer [i am taking liberties with "any longer" due to the fact that i have no idea whether or not she is attractive and/or ever was] *cue middle-aged woman dreaming "i'm finally popular" sigh*